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1936 Belgian general election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Emile Vandervelde
Paul van Zeeland
Léon Dens
Party
Labour
Catholic
Liberal
Leader since
1933
Candidate for PM
1935
Last election
73 seats, 37.03%
79 seats, 38.42%
24 seats, 14.08%
Seats won
70
61
23
Seat change
3
18
1
Popular vote
758,485
653,717
292,970
Percentage
32.11%
27.67%
12.40%
Swing
4.92%
10.75%
1.68%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Léon Degrelle
Staf De Clercq
Joseph Jacquemotte
Party
Rexist
VNV
PVDA-PTB
Leader since
1935
1933
1934
Last election
New
New
3 seats, 2.90%
Seats won
21
16
9
Seat change
New
New
6
Popular vote
271,481
164,253
143,223
Percentage
11.49%
7.06%
6.06%
Swing
New
New
3.16%
Prime Minister Paul van Zeeland
General elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1936.[1]
The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party , which won 70 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 39 of the 101 seats in the Senate .[2] Voter turnout was 94.7%.[3]
Despite the rise of far-right and far-left parties, Paul van Zeeland continued as Prime Minister leading a government of national unity, composed of the three major parties (Catholics, Socialists and Liberals).
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Belgian Labour Party
758,485
32.11
70
–3
Catholic Party
653,717
27.67
61
–18
Liberal Party
292,970
12.40
23
–1
Rexist Party
271,481
11.49
21
New
Flemish National Union
166,737
7.06
16
+8
Communist Party of Belgium
143,223
6.06
9
+6
Christian Democratic Party
22,224
0.94
2
New
Other parties
53,599
2.29
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
148,810
–
–
–
Total
2,511,246
100
202
+15
Source: Belgian Elections
Senate
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Belgian Labour Party
769,498
33.46
39
0
Catholic Party
667,739
29.04
34
–8
Liberal Party
297,280
12.93
11
0
Rexist Party
250,272
10.88
8
New
Flemish National Union
160,212
6.97
5
+4
Communist Party of Belgium
110,855
4.82
4
+4
Christian Democratic Party
19,477
0.85
0
0
Other parties
24,175
1.05
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
209,055
–
–
–
Total
2,508,489
100
101
+8
Source: Belgian Elections
Constituencies
The distribution of seats among the electoral districts of the Chamber of Representatives was as follows.[4] Several arrondissements got one or more additional seats. Roeselare-Tielt lost one seat, which was a rare occurrence since population generally increased throughout the Belgian territory with each census.
References